"games that award prizes to players for matching no numbers or achieving no pattern. See ""Variations"" for more details. The most common Bingo cards are flat pieces of cardboard or disposable paper which contain 25 squares arranged in five vertical columns and five side to side rows. Each space in the grid contains a number. A typical Bingo game utilizes the numbers 1 through 75. The five columns of the card are labeled 'B', 'I', 'N', 'G', and 'O' from left to right. The center space is usually marked ""Free"" or ""Free Space"", and is considered automatically filled. The range"
"the first modern version of the game appearing at carnivals and fairs in the 1920s, and is attributed to a Hugh J. Ward, who for marketing reasons most probably took the name from pre-existing slang. The patent for a modern Bingo card design went to Erwin S. Lowe in 1942. A typical bingo ticket is shown to the right. It contains 27 spaces, arranged in nine columns by three rows. Each row contains five numbers and four blank spaces. Each column contains up to three numbers, which are arranged as follows, with some variation depending on bingo companies and/or where"
"cards to overcome the difficulty with randomization. There are two types of Bingo cards. One is a 5x5 grid meant for 75-ball Bingo, which is largely played in the U.S. The other uses a 9x3 grid for U.K. style ""Housie"" or 90-ball Bingo. Players use cards that feature five columns of five squares each, with every square containing a number (except the middle square, which is designated a ""FREE"" space). The columns are labeled ""B"" (numbers 1–15), ""I"" (numbers 16–30), ""N"" (numbers 31–45), ""G"" (numbers 46–60), and ""O"" (numbers 61–75). A popular Bingo myth claims that U.S. Bingo innovator Edwin"
"to aces. British Square British Square is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. It has an unusual feature of switchback building whereby each foundation is first built up (from ace to king) and then built down (from king to ace). First sixteen cards are dealt on the tableau into four columns of four cards each, turning it into a ""square."" American rule sets, though, puts the formation of the tableau at sixteen piles, four rows of four piles each. Each pile contains a card at the start of the game. The object of"
"British Square British Square is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. It has an unusual feature of switchback building whereby each foundation is first built up (from ace to king) and then built down (from king to ace). First sixteen cards are dealt on the tableau into four columns of four cards each, turning it into a ""square."" American rule sets, though, puts the formation of the tableau at sixteen piles, four rows of four piles each. Each pile contains a card at the start of the game. The object of the game"
"(15*(15*14)/2) = 260,465,625 (260 million). The division by two for each of the ""I"", ""N"", and ""G"" columns is necessary to once again remove redundant number combinations, such as [31,#,#,#,45] and [45,#,#,#,31] in the N column. In UK bingo, or Housie, cards are usually called ""tickets."" The cards contain three rows and nine columns. Each row contains five numbers and four blank spaces randomly distributed along the row. Numbers are apportioned by column (1–9, 10–19, 20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70–79 and 80–90). Bingo card Bingo cards are playing cards designed to facilitate the game of Bingo in its various"
"is the player who fills out the most spaces on their board before getting a bingo. Themed variants of the traditional game include drag queen bingo, punk rock bingo, and beach blanket bingo. Bingo (U.S.) In the United States, Bingo is a game of chance in which each player matches numbers printed in different arrangements on 5×5 cards which the numbers the game host (caller) draws at random, marking the selected numbers with tiles. When a player finds the selected numbers are arranged on their card in a row, they call out ""Bingo!"" to alert all participants to a winning"
"consumed for the first row). And that only 13, 12, and 11 numbers are available for each of the third, fourth, and fifth rows. Thus, the number of unique ""B"" (and ""I"", ""G"", and ""O"", respectively) columns is (15*14*13*12*11) = 360,360. The combinations of the ""N"" column differ due to the use of the free space. Therefore, it has only (15*14*13*12) = 32,760 unique combinations. The product of the five rows (360,360 * 32,760) describes the total number of unique playing cards. That number is 552,446,474,061,128,648,601,600,000 simplified as 5.52x10 or 552 septillion. Printing a complete set of Bingo cards is"
"featuring 27 squares in a layout of three rows and nine columns. Five squares in each row had numbers ranging from 1 through 90, which led to the modern design. In the early 1920s, Hugh J. Ward created and standardized the game at carnivals in and around Pittsburgh and the Western Pennsylvania area. He copyrighted it and published a rule book in 1933. The game was further popularized by Edwin Lowe. While at a traveling carnival near Atlanta in December 1929 the toy merchandiser saw people eagerly playing a game called ""Beano"" following Ward's rules, with dried beans, a rubber"
"the corners of the board. In the second round the pattern is a straight vertical line (center only), while the final round is the 'blackout' round. If a home viewer gets all the 15 numbers for their card they win the home player jackpot (and the remaining unlit numbers in the studio screens change to diamonds). The first studio player who completes their bingo card proceeds to the bonus round, which comprises 16 numbered boxes, each with a question. A correct answer causes the number to changes to a peso sign, an incorrect one to a blank. The object is"
"of Bingo a winning card may be the first person to complete row #3. Because the ""N"" column contains a free space, the maximum number of cards that guarantee a unique winner is (15*15*15*15) = 50,625. Because the players need to only focus on row #3, the remaining numbers in rows #1, #2, #4, and #5 are statistically insignificant for purposes of game play and can be selected in any manner as long as no number is duplicated on any card. Perhaps the most common pattern set, known as ""Straight-line Bingo"" is completing any of the five rows, columns, or"
"including its various iterations of which there are currently 12. These are known collectively and individually as ‘Slingo Originals’ and were developed by Gaming Realms’ development and publishing branch of the same name. Both the games and brand have enjoyed commercial success, and have been praised for their playability and originality. A player has 20 turns to ""spin"" the numbers below his or her bingo card. Five numbers appear, and if they are found on the card, they can be marked off. During the game, other special items may show up in the number spots below the card. Jokers are"
"drawn. Players then mark which numbers they wish to play and then daub those numbers according to the numbers drawn. In addition, double-action cards have two numbers in each square. A player wins by completing a row, column, or diagonal. The most chips one can place on a Bingo board without having a Bingo is 19, not counting the free space. In order for this to happen, only one empty cell can reside in each row and each column, and at least one empty cell must be in each diagonal, for instance: In addition to a straight line, other patterns"
"may be considered a valid bingo in special games. For example, in the illustration above, the 2×2 square of marked squares in the upper-right-hand corner would be considered a ""postage stamp"". Another common special game requires players to cover the four corners. There are several other patterns, such as a Roving 'L', which requires players to cover all B's and top or bottom row or all O's and top or bottom row. Another common pattern is a blackout, covering all 24 numbers and the free space. The numbers that are called in a game of bingo may be drawn utilizing"
"stamp, and cardboard sheets. Lowe took the game to New York where friends liked playing it. The Lowe-produced Bingo game had two versions, a 12-card set for $1.00 and a $2.00 set with 24 cards. By the 1940s there were Bingo games throughout the US. The origin of the name ""Bingo"" is unknown but may date to the middle 1920s. There are claims that one of Lowe's friends was so excited to have won that she yelled out ""Bingo"" instead of ""Beano,"" or that the word echoes the sound of a bell. In the US, the game is primarily staged"
"bingo: blank tiles are kept, poor letter combinations such as BVW, LLNNN, or IIIUU are broken up, and flexible letter combinations such as AEINST (a six-letter ""stem"" that anagrams with 24 letters — all but Q and Y — to form nearly 70 bingos) are aimed for until a bingo is formed. This strategy is often at direct odds with that of placing high-value letters on premium squares. A common misconception is that the 50-point bonus received for using all seven tiles is multiplied if a double word score (DWS) or triple word score (TWS) is used. This is not"
"Prizes for bingos are typically decided upon before the commencement of play. Spotting five dead animals in a row whose pictures are along a diagonal of a card also counts as a bingo. Four corners may also count as a bingo. The center square is often free, meaning that no dead animal need be spotted to mark it. Controversy may arise when a dead animal is spotted which may not technically be classified as roadkill, and when two players simultaneously spot the roadkill. Players in the front seat have a clear advantage, however, the driver must have someone else mark"
"Bingo (card game) Bingo or bango is a card game named by analogy to the game bingo. The game is played with a bridge deck of 52 cards. The dealer gives each player X cards, which are held in the hand or placed face-down in front of the player. The dealer places Y cards face down in the center of the table. Typically X=Y=5. A round of play consists of betting, followed by the dealer turning over one of the center cards, so that it is facing-up. Any card in a player's hand that has the same rank value as"
"3, 2009, the board was increased to 36 spaces, and consisted of nine columns of four rows. The columns were labeled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-O-N and the rows labeled C-A-S-H. The cash amounts ranged from $1,500 to $5,000. The number of special spaces increased from three to nine, with two $10,000 cash bonus squares, one $25,000 bonus square and six double squares. Every time a contestant hit a double square, as before, he or she received an extra turn. However, after finding a double card the contestant randomly stopped on one of the letters in E-X-P-L-O-S-I-O-N above the game board, revealing a dollar"
"Bingo (U.S.) In the United States, Bingo is a game of chance in which each player matches numbers printed in different arrangements on 5×5 cards which the numbers the game host (caller) draws at random, marking the selected numbers with tiles. When a player finds the selected numbers are arranged on their card in a row, they call out ""Bingo!"" to alert all participants to a winning card, which prompts the game host (or an associate assisting the host) to examine the card for verification of the win. Players compete against one another to be the first to have a"
"play on a board ruled into a grid of 15 ""ranks"" (rows) and 15 ""files"" (columns) with a total of 225 squares. The squares are undifferentiated by marking or color, unlike a Western chess board. Each player has a set of 65 pieces of 29 different types. In all, a player must remember 36 different moves. Each piece has its name written on it in Japanese kanji. The writing is typically in black. On the reverse side of most pieces there are characters to indicate the piece's promoted rank, typically written in red. The pieces are wedge-shaped and their orientation"
"home had to match the numbers on-screen with numbers on a mini bingo board. These could be purchased at $2 each for a minimum of two tickets. There were three divisions: If there were no winners in a division, the respective prize pool was carried over to the next division. Three contestants appeared on the show. They started with $125 and a corner square, they earned $25 and another corner square for every question right and lost $25 (but not their corner square) for every question wrong. At the Cross round, they were given two squares as a head-start towards"
"squares, 17 pale red ""double-word"" squares, of which one, the center square (H8), is marked with a star or other symbol; 12 dark blue ""triple-letter"" squares, and 24 pale blue ""double-letter"" squares. In 2008, Hasbro changed the colors of the premium squares to orange for TW, red for DW, blue for DL, and green for TL, but the original premium square color scheme is still preferred for ""Scrabble"" boards used in tournaments. In an English-language set, the game contains 100 tiles, 98 of which are marked with a letter and a point value ranging from 1 to 10. The number"
"thus capturing that piece; and optionally of promoting the moving piece, if the move enters the ""promotion zone"", or if it is a capture and any part of it is in the promotion zone. Two players, Black and White (or 先手 ""sente"" and 後手 ""gote),"" play on a board ruled into a grid of 12 ""ranks"" (rows) and 12 ""files"" (columns), with a total of 144 squares. The squares are undifferentiated by marking or color, unlike a Western chess board. Each player has a set of 46 pieces of 21 different types, and each piece has its name written on"
"way so that all lines are closed, without any end left open, and the cards forming a square without a gap. A possible solution would include a square of 10 x 14 cards, which then would resemble the shape of the original cardboard box. Experienced players often vary the rules for making the game more challenging. One version provides for each player taking 35 cards (as long as 4 players are involved), displaying ten cards open in front of him/her and trying, when it is his/her turn, to place as many as possible. Afterwards he/she will refill his/her 10 cards"
"second person selected is treated as the ""new contestant"" for the purposes of game play: this is elaborated on later in this section. The main game board has sixteen squares in a 4x4 layout (from A1 to D4). Behind each square is a different colour, and neither player (nor the host or audience) knows the location of which colours are where. The colours are: The number of times that each colour occurs in the Grid varies between episodes. Typically, it will contain 4-7 Cash squares, 1-4 Bonus squares, 2-4 Steal squares, 4-6 Penalty squares and there is always 1 Bankrupt"
"If a player has the same rank in their hand, they will then discard. The dealer will continue to call out each card until all of the common cards have been turned face up. The player that is able to discard all five cards, calls bingo and wins the hand. Bingo (card game) Bingo or bango is a card game named by analogy to the game bingo. The game is played with a bridge deck of 52 cards. The dealer gives each player X cards, which are held in the hand or placed face-down in front of the player. The"
"64 squares can at any time be empty, or contain one of the 6 game pieces, which are either black or white. That is, each square can be in one of 1 + 6 x 2 = 13 possible states at any time. Thus one needs to generate at most 13 x 64 = 832 random bitstrings. Given a position, one obtains its Zobrist hash by finding out which pieces are on which squares, and combining the relevant bitstrings together. Rather than computing the hash for the entire board every time, as the pseudocode above does, the hash value of"
"on to the bonus board. The winning contestant faced a board of 18 squares, numbered 1–18 around the edges of the board. The first six squares on the top row hid money amounts from $100–$200 while the rest, down both sides and on the bottom, hid letters. The winning contestant selected one of the six money squares which became the starting dollar amount. The player then selected one of the twelve remaining letter squares and had five seconds to give a word that contained that chosen letter. If the given word was acceptable, the contestant won the starting amount and"
"casinos; later the same casinos with faux renamings; in the US release, simply numbered boards with similar decorative backgrounds), a deck of 54 ""bills"" (cards) in various denominations of the United States dollar (from $10,000 to $90,000 in $10,000 increments), an additional ""First Player"" card (denoting who starts each round of play) and five sets of eight dice, each set colored differently (red, green, blue, black and white). The US release also included a dice pouch for storing the game dice. The game is played for four rounds. At the start of each round, each casino is randomly dealt a"
"season). For the home viewer, proofs of purchase from Mercury Drug stores nationwide are exchanged for ""GoBingo"" scratch cards, according to size of purchase. The bonus round bingo cards now have 25 boxes instead of 16. A new bonus game (to win a new car, after the contestant has won the first bonus round) requires the contestant to uncover nine ""GoBingo"" logos without uncovering three images of sad faces. Contestants who fail still retain previously won prize money, and win an extra 1,000 pesos for every ""GoBingo"" logo uncovered before the third sad face. A bonus of 1,000,000 pesos (added"
"of (5! * 4!) = 4,976,640,000 for a total unique winning card set of 111,007,923,832,370,565 or 111 quadrillion. (Still impossibly enormous, but our eager printer described above would only need 1.29 days to complete the task.) The challenge of a multiple-pattern game is selecting a winner wherein a tie is possible. The solution is to name the player who shouts ""Bingo!"" first, is the winner. However, it is more practical and manageable to use card sets that avoid multiple-pattern games. The single-pattern #3 row has already been mentioned, but its limited card set causes problems for the emerging online Bingo"
"and 25 ""files"" (columns), for a total of 625 squares. The squares are undifferentiated by marking or color. Each player has a set of 177 wedge-shaped pieces of 93 types. In all, the players must remember 99 moves for these pieces. The pieces are of slightly different sizes. From largest to smallest (or roughly most to least powerful) they are: Several of the English names were chosen to correspond to rough equivalents in Western chess, rather than as translations of the Japanese names. Each piece has its name in the form of two kanji written on its face. On the"